@yunghic1 Lol. The PCA hasn't produced anything of intellectual heft in years. Thank God the ACNA is not putting out embarrassing reports and showing off their ignorance.
The tension for the right is that much of what modernity considers progress relies on universalization
Flows of capital, raw goods, information, everything must be transferable and consumable across the maximum number of participant with the highest degree of reliability
Nations, borders, religious identities, natural hierarchies, and even gender all create resistance to the universalization of these flows
Even the basic structure of the human identity stands in opposition, which is why the internet is currently molding Gen Alpha into a collection of interchangeable memes
Many assume that Karl Marx hated capitalism, but that isn't true, Marx needed capitalism to disassemble all those pesky social bonds holding people back from communist eutopia
Marx liked that capital was dissolving ancient regimes and monarchies, he saw it as a critical step towards global communism
That's why Marx remarked that he was an advocate of unlimited free trade, because he believed that it would erase national identity and boundaries
That's why Marxists supported feminism as well, not because the cared about women, but because they knew it melted down the structure of the family that eventually would lead to the weakening of national identity as well
The problem is that progress is a lie, you can reorder a society to maximize it for certain outcomes but you will always pay a cost
Things were ordered that way for millennia for a reason, you can tear that edifice down and rearrange the bricks to make something else while calling it progress, but that doesn't make it real
Don't get me wrong, I like antibiotics and indoor plumbing and I'm not yearning to give those up
But at some point we have to ask if we can make ourselves any less human in the name of chasing the god of progress
We don't have to blow up the modern world, but it might be wise to reconsider our current maximization, finding a balance that will allow us to retain meaning without returning to mud huts
@OriginalA_the_P@contramordor There is cordiality, which I am for, and there is maintaining a coalition, which I am against. The cordiality goes both ways, which would include dropping the "panican" language. The MAGA coalition is over though. No middle ground to be sought or desired.
If Chinese interests were pouring tens of millions into a single race, our pretend patriots would be outraged.
Since it's Israel, and the pretend patriots don't know how to read the Bible, they make excuses, or deny their senses, because they think God requires them to
If you have 3 minutes to watch Pete Hegseth get schooled by @RoKhanna, you need to watch this! Listen through the end. It’s EPIC!
Congressman Ro Khanna: “How much did it cost American taxpayers in terms of the strike on the school?”
Pete Hegseth: “I wouldn’t tie a cost to it.”
He then refuses to say what the costs are to American families, before Ro Khanna gives him the astounding numbers.
The end is the best part.
Hegseth and Trump are so far from reality when it comes to everyday Americans.
Tucker Carlson: I regret promoting Trump.
His detractors: OMG TUCKER LUVS KAMALA.
Are people really this unthinking? Or are they purposefully pretending not to understand, just to score political points against someone they dislike?
False dichotomies are fake and gay.
Trump believes he is threatening Iran with destruction, but it is America that now stands in danger.
If he attempts to eradicate Iranian civilization, the United States will no longer be viewed as a stabilizing force in the world, but as an agent of chaos—effectively ending our status as the world’s greatest superpower.
This would upend our economy and shatter the global order. The process is already underway, yet we still have time to avert catastrophe if Trump finds the courage to pursue serious negotiations rather than reckless rage and destruction.